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IPR Capability Certification
TIPO held two information sessions on IPR Personnel Professional Capability and Certification Examination to promote the professional certification system of IPR practices and fill the gap between theory and practice. In July and August, capability certification exams on patent and trademark were held respectively. Of these, a total of 413 people registered for the professional capability certification exam on patent, with 126 people passing and obtaining the certificate. In the exam on trademark, there were 603 registrations, with 96 people passing and obtaining the certificate.
Pre-employment and On-the-job Training for Patent Attorneys
TIPO ANNUAL REPORT
Since the patent attorney exam became part of the senior-level civil servant exam (under the category of Professionals and Technicians), eleven national exams were held, with 503 people passing. Those passing the exams had to take pre-job training and join the association before starting practice as a patent attorney. In 2017, the Taiwan Patent Attorneys Association began providing patent attorney pre-job training. In 2018, a total of 72 trainees completed training.
As for current patent attorneys and agents, they have to take at least twelve hours of professional programs every two years. Their training records are available on TIPONet.
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Laws and Practices
Patent Laws
In September, TIPO held the "2018 seminar on examination practices for part-time patent examiners" to strengthen the search skills of TIPO’s part-time patent examiners and examination practices. A total of 64 people attended the event.
Trademark Laws
IPR Awareness Activities
Between April and May, TIPO held four information sessions on trademark laws. A total of 318 people attended these events. TIPO’s response to participants’ feedback and status of improvement were posted on TIPO website.
Compilation of Questionnaires of the Information Sessions on Trademark Laws in 2018 https://www.tipo.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=669497&ctNode=7127&mp=1
The 2018 seminar on examination practices for part-time patent examiners
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